§ Mr. Chris DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list all(a) planned new prisons and (b) detention centres to be financed through (i) public capital expenditure and (ii) the private finance initiative. [55]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange a reply to be given.
Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. Chris Davies, dated 31 October 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the planned number of new prisons and detention centres to be financed through public capital expenditure and the private finance initiative.The Prison Service has plans to build prisons but not detention centres. Currently, it has funding to provide three new prisons and one re-built prison, all of which will be provided under the private finance initiative. These include Fazakerley, Bridgend and the re-built prison at Lowdham Grange. A third new prison is currently the subject of a planning inquiry, which if successful, will be built at Agecroft near Manchester.